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This please.Quote:
Originally Posted by Honey Badger282.8
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gonvr2xhpw73hg4/Firefox_Screenshot2.jpg?dl=0
maybe this'll work
Happy to see the dogpile on that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zundfolge
Thread has everything... "gun violence, loopholes, keeping guns out of the wrong hands" and a hypothetical scenario that is impossible; buying a gun at Kmart.
You guys aren't doing a great job. Why has no one pointed out that there is no waiting period in Colorado? Why has no one pointed out the equally obvious point that a gun purchase is a one time event. If some husband or wife is "deranged," then they are deranged all the time, not just when they go to buy a gun. People very rarely buy guns out of anger or while angry, but that is when they use them. So a deranged person buying a gun during a calm period waiting three days (which again is not the case in Colorado), then using the gun later saved exactly zero lives and didn't even register on the meter of goodness.
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Originally Posted by Irving
This AND a waiting period keeps someone that has just discovered that they have an angry and dangerous person in their life threatening them (in possession of a weapon they purchased years ago) and they get to sit helplessly "cooling off" while said angry and dangerous person is free to murder them at their whim.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Not a strong argument, but throw that in there as well.
The reason anti-gunners look so stupid discussing gun laws is that 99% of them know NOTHING about (a) guns or (b) law.
So that kind of handicaps them in the "conversation." They are pretty much reduced to shouting out somebody else's talking points or just shrieking like Helen Lovejoy: "Won't somebody please think of the children?"
Wasn't able to read that, resolution is too low.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zundfolge
BTW, looks like even with an account the page isn't accessible if you're not in that immediate area...
You can zoom in until you can read it. Good response in numbers from the local community.
For some reason the zoom wasn't working, but redownloaded the image through the app and that seemed to work that way, thanks (think the browser just saved a low res image)Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Yeah ... its a weak argument ... not like it ever actually happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
https://www.foxnews.com/us/no-one-he...ing-gun-permit
That's a great example to show along side that argument.
If you really believed your life was in danger and the only thing you did was go shopping for a gun, well then not all action was taken. Obviously don't hand them the easy counter argument when you drop that example though. Goes a long way when paired with that article.
The "will you think of my dog's fragile psyche" people are invoking vets are pretty hard this year.
https://imgur.com/z99Y5p2.jpg
Been filling in for my early morning/days guy. Which means I have to wake up at 4 to replace my overnight person. Really appreciated being seconds from sleep the other night only to have the neighbor launch off a bunch of fireworks at 915ish-pm.
It's even worse because you're a vet!Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
Last year some A-hole neighbor was doing a box of mortars at 3:30am. It was actually the morning of the day I culled my roosters. Those fireworks made that rooster start crowing every 30 minutes from when they went off to when I off'd him that afternoon.
Fireworks are a HOT topic on Nextdoor right now. All I know is there are truckloads of them being purchased by people in my neighborhood. It’s going to be a loud and bright evening for he next 2days.
The local news has been running stories for people to not call 911 to report fireworks.
News story today is asking those that live in neighborhoods around the Douglas Co. STEM School to not light fireworks in the fear it may trigger PTSD in students that live in the area.
The Ring neighborhood app has had people reporting "gunshots" for weeks now.
Is it finally time for me to set up my backyard range? I have open space for a backstop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gman
(This is joke, don't ERPO me)
It's been fun trying to educate the n00bs about fireworks here in CO. If you hear "gunshots", and it's +/- 1 month of July, yeah, it's probably fireworks. If you had more range time, you'd also know the difference.
I live in Westminster. We are allowed to shoot off the legal ones today and tomorrow. I think maybe even the 5th. We also have a larger list of ?legal fireworks? than most cities. Pretty much everything that is sold at a Colorado stand or store. Trust me, some of these are loud and some down right obnoxious. Took the kid to Old Glory off of federal and spent some $$$. Our culdesac has 2 dog residents and they both like fireworks. No vets. Younger couples who like fireworks. And beers. Going to be a fun few days/ nights.
My neighbor was on the board in Thornton that got us this stupid "100% of fireworks are illegal and we're going to waste city funds on dumbass signs to tell everyone" business this year. He kept pestering me to be on the board, but I knew it was going to be a bunch of dumbshit old cat ladies and other whiners weaving a beautiful tapestry of potato decisions, so I passed. Sorry Thornton.Quote:
Originally Posted by colorider
All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.
Anyway, as to the quoted post, that seems to be what they do in Nebraska. Blow off what you like for two-three days surrounding the Fourth with strict time limits, and they don't have the problem of people being obnoxious for a month on either side of the holiday.
I read this in my head to the tune of Please Don't Judas Me... LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Skip
Good idea for a parody?
Need to post links to the closest edibles shop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skip
Try living next to Fort Cartoon. The house shakes on the high end of the Richter scale. The gunships are so loud passing overhead, you have to stop speaking. If you have PTSD don't move to Pueblo West, it is just like a war zone with coyotes howling. The cool part is you can usually find MRE's at any yard sale.
Friend who lives in Montana is trying to brag up how much freedom is out there all the time. Tonight he is bragging about big fireworks the night before the 4th. I laughed and told him that since they are totally illegal here, we get to hear them for a month before, and a month after the 4th. No joke in my neighborhood.
Like clockwork, some idiot posted up they heard "gunshots" at 8:45pm. I did find out I have some pretty funny neighbors.
"Sounded like an Uzi. Do you think it was an Uzi?"
"Have you ever actually heard a gunshot? Fireworks sound exactly nothing like a gunshot. This is Highlands Ranch, not Compton."
"Sounded like an Uzi?"
"Definitely a friggen Uzi near 4th of July. Oh lord."
"I know the Highlands Ranch crips and the Lone Tree bloods have been fighting over turf. It's probably them. Hard to tell."
"Put your phone down, go outside, and enjoy the show."
"Hide your wife, hide your kids, the Ranch is getting shot up!!"
"Own a calendar???"
"Yeah, definitely an Uzi."
"Ah, thank you. It had been like 4 days without a 'anyone else hear gun shots?!' post. I'm so glad we got at least one more in before the 4th. Happy birthday America!"
"Totally a fire fight...thought I even caught a M2 and Mk19 volley of fire."
"I heard a bomb go off! But I'm pretty sure it was my wife exploding after I told her the salad tastes horrible. If I were you I would hide behind your Prius, I heard the batteries are eco friendly."
"I heard a cruise missile fly overhead but no gunshots."
Now that's damm funny!
I have managed to keep my mouth shut on Nextdoor so far, but it is very hard. Boulder libs aren't quite sure what to do when somebody takes a dump in their echo chamber
Dude...Quote:
Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy
It's Pueblow...
It's not like a war zone... It IS a war zone. Pueblow is the only place we've had issues with padlocks being cut off of trailers during a stop for dinner, and not a long dinner.
And I get to go to some sketchy shit holes...
Not just using vets, highlands ranch is asking folks to not shoot fireworks to not traumatize the stem kids...Quote:
Originally Posted by Skip
Must be an echo in here.
Gman — I keep hearing gunshots, sounds like an Uzi, should I call the police?
Not on NextDoor, but have been watching the new and actually read yesterday's Gazette (newspaper) where they indicated "authorities will really be stepping up enforcement of the fireworks ban this year".
Not really sure what/how they are enforcing the ban as I sit on my back porch while typing this it sounds like the entire city of Colo Spr is under a Red Dawn attack.
"Got myself a Uzi and brother a nine!"
I think my entire neighborhood was launching bottle rockets from 30 round mags with binary triggers and bumpstocks -- or whatever the fireworks equivalent is.
It's still going.
I think most of the "violators" have DV plates and dogs, too. [ROFL1]
911, ASAP. [Sarcasm2]Quote:
Originally Posted by Skip
Neighbors really stepped up their game this year. Much more enthusiastic this year.
...although whoever that was that was still going at 12:30am needs to chill.
Yeah, there are some around here that are also not letting it go yet, even at this hour.
It was ~1:00AM here on the east side. I purposefully stayed up late to bask in the freedom (no point in trying to sleep) and no kids to worry about this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gman
Intermittent rain/sprinkling helped with the fire risk. It was a good night to party. I'm sure I'll hear leftover tonight!
It didn't bother me since I didn't need to work today. I felt bad for my wife that did have to work.
I'm expecting an extended 4-day Independence weekend. 'Merica!